Each year Massachusetts corporations (and many non-Massachusetts corporations doing business in Massachusetts) must file an Annual Report with the Corporations Division of the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth within two and one half (2½) months after the close of the … Read more »
KCL Insights is Now Available
A new issue of our newsletter, KCL Insights, is now available. 
This issue includes articles on:
- Enforcing Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
- The Massachusetts Department of Reveue’s AP XXX: Voluntary Disclosure Program for the Settlement of Uncertain Tax Issues
- Mark Lichtenstein
Massachusetts Department of Revenue Releases Working Draft AP XXX: Voluntary Disclosure Program for the Settlement of Uncertain Tax Issues
On January 19, 2016, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) released a working draft of an administrative procedure (AP) entitled AP XXX: Voluntary Disclosure Program for the Settlement of Uncertain Tax Issues (hereafter “working draft”). The working draft is available … Read more »
Enforcing Mandatory Arbitration Clauses: The Innovators’ Counsel
Time and again we get calls from small business owners describing a scenario where a) they entered into a valid and binding contract with another entity or person that contained a mandatory arbitration clause, b) an issue under the contract … Read more »
Top Ten Reasons to Choose Divorce Mediation
By: Steve Coren
Divorce Mediation
Divorce Mediation is an alternative available to divorcing couples that would like to play an active role in the decision making process. A divorce mediator is a neutral third party hired by a couple that … Read more »
The Innovators’ Counsel: The ADA And Your Small Business – Public Accommodations
Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (hereinafter “ADA”) requires public accommodations to provide goods and services to people with disabilities on an equal basis with the rest of the general public. The stated goal is to afford every … Read more »
The Innovators’ Counsel: Power of Attorney & Valid Trust Creation Under The MUTC
The Massachusetts Uniform Trust Code (the “MUTC”), codified at Mass. Gen. Laws c. 203E, became effective as of July 8, 2012. The enacting legislation provides that, except as otherwise provided, the MUTC applies to all trusts created before, on, or … Read more »
The Innovators’ Counsel: Zoning Flyover – The Massachusetts Zoning Act 20 and 90 Day Appeal Deadlines (for lawyers)
As attorneys with experience handling a variety of condominium, real estate and zoning issues – particularly issues arising in dealings with city and town level zoning boards and subsequent boards of appeals/trial court appeals – the most frequent inquiry we … Read more »
The Innovators’ Counsel: Zoning Flyover – The Massachusetts Zoning Act 20 and 90 Day Appeal Deadlines (for non-lawyers)
As attorneys with experience handling a variety of condominium, real estate and zoning issues – particularly issues arising in dealings with city and town level zoning boards and subsequent boards of appeals/trial court appeals – the most frequent inquiry we … Read more »
The Innovators’ Counsel: Fiduciary Duty Claims – Interference with Contractual or Business Relations, Vol. 2
Our last IC post began exploring the business litigation tort of interference with contractual or business relations. As previously noted, such claims typically arise in the context of business competition; e.g., where one party who has been unsuccessful in retaining … Read more »